Handouts

Below are some documents that we hand out or that appear on this website and which you may find helpful.  Click on them to download or open.   If you are an alum who needs their NetID extended to view Box documents, please email prehealth@duke.edu from a non Duke email and ask for your NetID to be extended.

COMING SOON!  Stay up to date on upcoming HPA drop ins & advising workshops here. 

Beginning

• Prehealth Tips for Fall Classes 2022 (to help you choose your first classes)
• Prehealth Guide for 1st and 2nd Year Students Fall 2022 (an overall view of prehealth planning)

Planning

• Trinity Prehealth Planning Worksheet
• Pratt Prehealth Planning Worksheet
• Sample Schedules
• Four-Year Course Planning Slides and Worksheet
• AP Credit and Medical Schools
• BCPM Duke Course Classification Guide
• Duke BCPM Excel Calculator
• Pre-Pharmacy Planning Guide
• Pre-Physician Assistant Planning Guide
• Course Requirements by Career Type
• Medical School Admissions Course Requirements
• 2023 Medical Humanities Courses

Setting Goals and Finding Experiences

• Core Competencies
• How to Find Health Care Experiences
• How to Find Community Service Experiences
• How to Find Research Opportunities
• Fall 2021 Pulse Check Worksheet &  Recording.  Please watch the video for directions on completing the worksheet.
• Fall 2022 Pulse Check Form

Gap Year Planning Materials

• Considerations When Crafting Your Gap Year(s) Experience
• Gap Year Planning Resources Fall 2020
• Gap Year Panel Discussion video and powerpoint slides
• Post-baccalaureate Programs
• Finding Research Opportunities
• Finding Clinical & Service Opportunities

MCAT Resources

• HPA MCAT Resources
• Study Plan Presentation and Video
• Logistics Presentation and Video
• Resources and Student Strategy Presentation and Video
• HPA MCAT Tips Handout

Application Resources

• 2024M Application Curriculum Resources
  • Assessing Candidacy
  • Applying 101
  • RMA Lab
  • Personal Statement
  • School Selection and LORs
  • 2024M Guide for Duke Students & Alumni Applying to Medical School (COMING SOON!)
• RMA Form for 2024M
• Reapplicant 2024M Form
• Predental Essay Questions  & Dental School Preparations Handout (Spring 2022)
• Preparing for Your Interview
  • Interviewing 101 PowerPoint & Interviewing 101 Zoom
  • Interview Tips
  • Interview Attire (HPA recommends following the Traditional Business Attire Guide for interviews)
  • Practice Interviewing with Big Interview
  • Questions You Might Be Asked in Interviews and Medical School Interview Question Generator
  • MMI Interview Resources

Resources

Duke Resources

We have a variety of resources that are available only to Duke students and Duke alumni.

• Health Professions Advising Office
• Undergraduate Research Support Office
• Academic Resource Center
• Career Center
• Directors of Academic Engagement
• HPA's ListServ

NOTE: If you are an alumni whose NET ID has been deactivated, please email prehealth@duke.edu from a non-Duke email address to have it reactivated.

National Resources for Students

• ExploreHealthCareers.org
• Association of American Medical Colleges
• American Association of Colleges for Osteopathic Medicine
• American Dental Education Association
• Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges
• Physician Assistant Education Association
• PA Focus 
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing
• American Physical Therapy Association
• American Occupational Therapy Association
• Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry
• American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine
• American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy